[Logician]

logician, that's why firefly spent a month to code the database.. it's a great tool to be used.
i use it all the time when i need an older hack.

I didnt say otherwise Pal.. Hack db is a great tool if you are searching for a specific hack. But most of users are just visiting the site to "fish" for the hacks. They surf Full Releases section and take a glance for recently bumped hacks, check site's first page to get top 10 hacks or recently released hacks and just try to see if there is a hack they can apply to their board. The existing system of vb.org is overwhelmed by the rapid hack release rate and is not sufficient to users for "fishing" hacks. Only around 50 hacks are on the surface, while 1150 are laying in the dusty corners of full releases section. The existing structure is just like an iceberg..

Cant you notice this from your own hacks? A hack sometimes gets 5 installers in 2 months, then someones asks a question and thread is bumped in full releases and it gets 10 installers in 2 days. Happens to me all the time..

I agree the functionality and necessity of hack db, but I'm just stating that vb.org needs other tools/structures to promote "forgetten" hacks more and helps the visitors "fish" well..

intresting idea, but hard to do: the Admins don't have so much time, you can see this board runs at vb2.2.6, because Chen doesn'T have enough time to upgrade yet...

I understand that. However if this is the case then it means vb.org needs more Admins. There are a lot of marvelous Mods around (like yourself) who are excellent vb hackers. I'm sure most of them can handle being Admins and easily handle these kind of chores..

Besides if a consesus about what will be done is maintained and management approves some of the proposals here, I'm sure many experienced hackers would happily help out coding/hacking of new vb.org additions/features.

Another idea... similiar to a new feature 'vb3 similiar threads' have a vb similiar hacks that would appear before confirming a hack release... this would maybe stop releases from being released in the past...

agreed 100%

My 2 cents.. Thx for listening..